CCFD has 4 paid firefighters on duty per day. Measure A allowed for the increased staffing at our station and this has proven to be a huge benefit to the Department and community. Federal Law requires 4 firefighters be on scene before we can enter a burning building. With this additional staff we no longer need to wait 15-20 minutes for other engines to arrive before entering and extinguishing fires. With our new staffing level we are now seeing the majority of fires extinguished in the first 8 minutes and prior to the next engine arriving from Kern County Fire.